Sixteen drivers - 15 men and one woman - were arrested for drink driving during an islandwide Traffic Police operation yesterday.

The figure represents 20 per cent of the 80 drivers who were stopped and tested for alcohol consumption in the wee hours of yesterday.

Those who failed the test were aged between 22 and 47, said the Traffic Police in a press release.

The highest Breath Evidential Analyser (BEA) test result was 79 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, which is more than double the prescribed legal limit of 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.

The Traffic Police also commended a number of drivers who had engaged valet services after drinking.